"Captured? Confirmed? Guderian asked, somewhat surprised.

"Yes, it's taken. Confirmed! Stauffenberg nodded.

This time, it was Guderian's turn to be a little confused.

He didn't think that his artillery preparation would be able to bomb the Ming army away.

If this were the case, the front would have long since crossed Moscow.

"Continue the search until contact with the Ming army. Tell the front-line troops to be careful.

Also, carry some more anti-tank weapons. ”

Guderian was keenly aware that the Ming army might counterattack.

However, he was not afraid, anyway, he had already occupied the trenches and bunkers of the Ming army, and if he encountered a counterattack, he would retreat to the defense line built by the Ming army.

The night was spent on the offensive by the Germans.

They cautiously moved forward, but the Ming army seemed to have disappeared.

In other words, the Ming army melted into the night.

Until dawn, the Germans still did not make contact with the Ming army.

By this time, they were already twenty kilometers away from the starting position.

"Uncle, did we withdraw too far?" Inside the bunker, Cao Bianjiao held a telescope, and finally found the sneaky German striker in the morning light.

"According to our calculations, the Germans should be fine with a 25-kilometer march in one night.

Looks like we're overestimating them. ”

Cao Wenzhao was also helpless, so he could only blame the slow march of the German army.

"The Germans were groping their way on the offensive, and it was understandable that they were not as fast as they were marching at the usual pace.

Now that it's dawn, it's up to us. Cao Bianjiao said with a smile.

"Hmmm! They now have no fixed positions, not even foxholes. It's a good time for you to strike! ”

Cao Wenzhao patted his nephew's shoulder with satisfaction, and watched Cao Bianjiao walk out.

A moment later, the roar of the tank engine was heard.

Cao Wenzhao pouted helplessly, the tank is good everywhere, but the engine is too loud.

This sound is enough to travel five or six kilometers.

However, it was useless for the Germans attacking from the opposite side to hear it, they did not run as fast as the tanks, and it was impossible to dig foxholes before the tanks rushed over.

At the forefront of the charge was still a type of tank.

Although this tank is an obsolete model, the speed of a tank is still their trump card.

The fast Type 1 tank acted as the vanguard, rushing towards the German soldiers who heard the sound of the tank engine and retreated in a hurry.

These German soldiers were armed with light weapons.

At most, just a couple of infantry guns.

As one tank attacked, Stuka swooped down like a goshawk in the clouds.

Those infantry guns looked low on the ground and were not easy to spot.

But in heaven, it can be seen clearly.

A bomb was dropped with a whistle, and in a huge explosion, the infantry cannon was blown straight into the sky.

Stuka flicked his wings, and the twelve-seven-millimeter machine gun under the nose fired a crimson whip.

A whip made of bullets mercilessly whipped the fleeing German soldiers on the ground.

In just three to five minutes, the Stukas had finished throwing out the bombs and emptied the bullets they were carrying.

When Stuka flapped his wings and flew back, the German artillery on the ground was gone.

There were fleeing Germans everywhere, but no matter how fast they ran, there was definitely no tank that could run as fast.

Moreover, people will get tired.

Tanks ......, as long as there is oil.

The sound of the 25-millimeter cannon has not stopped from the beginning.

Each time he hit a German soldier, a cloud of blood erupted from his body, and then the whole person was torn apart.

Some German soldiers were lying in the jungle and wanted to attack with bazookas.

But the tank men of the Ming army fired shells at every suspicious bush.

Those German troops who were in ambush chose good firing positions, how could such a place not be probed by shells.

As a result, a cloud of blood mist erupted from the grass, and the rockets that flew out could not reach a tank that was still a kilometer away.

In the field, the infantry, without bunkers and without field fortifications, is completely prey to tanks.

The tankmen of the Ming army continued to hunt and kill German soldiers.

Until, two companies of German soldiers were all slaughtered.

The tanks ran over their corpses and continued to attack their follow-up troops.

By the time they returned to yesterday's position, the Ming army had already taken out a battalion of German troops.

The Ming army took advantage of the victory to pursue and was preparing to recover the positions lost yesterday in one fell swoop.

A cloud of smoke suddenly erupted from one of the tanks at the front, and then a burst of fire filled the entire tank.

The driver and gunner did not have time to climb out of the tank, and the huge explosion directly knocked the turret away.

The crew in the tank became a burning man in an instant.

"Eighty-eight cannons!" Cao Bianjiao saw the tank on fire and yelled in the command vehicle.

This artillery, which was originally intended for anti-aircraft purposes, is now used in anti-tanks.

The powerful 88-mm high-explosive shells could easily destroy a thin-skinned Type 1 tank at a distance of two kilometers.

The first type of tank is not stupid, and they all reverse and flee.

The famous saying of the Type 1 tankers is that as long as they smell the smell of eight or eight guns, they will retreat.

Because, the 25-millimeter rapid-fire gun at the front of their car did not have a long range and was not as powerful as the 88 gun.

Cao Bianjiao took a look, this is the main position abandoned by the Ming army yesterday.

The heavenly Stuka flew over again, bombarding the position.

However, looking at the appearance, it seems that the bombing effect is not good, after all, yesterday's position was abandoned by the Ming army on its own initiative.

Inside, the bunker was very sturdy. And some of them are reinforced concrete structures.

The Stukas bombarded around, ran out of bullets, and flew away again.

This bomber is a front-line bomber with a range of only about two hundred kilometers. The amount of ammunition is not large!

However, the advantage is that it can be quickly reloaded and refueled and put back into the battlefield.

The highest record of the Ming army, there were pilots who made eleven sorties in one day.

In the accumulation of small amounts, the amount of bombs dropped is still considerable.

The Type 1 tank retreated, and the Type 4 tank also stopped outside the range of the 88 guns.

And there was no attack!

The self-propelled guns of the Ming army began to prepare for artillery fire, and the shells kicked up a lump of dirt.

Frightened, the Germans all retreated into the fortifications to avoid the Ming artillery attack.

The bunkers built by the Ming army were very good, generally three meters deep underground.

The sides are supported by railway sleepers, on which a reinforced concrete roof is laid.

A 120-millimeter shell could not kill the people in the bunker at all as long as it did not hit it directly.

The German soldiers hid inside, and although they were shocked, there were no casualties.

Strangely, the Ming artillery shelling did not have the same density and intensity as before.

The shells were sparsely fired, as if to drive the German soldiers into bunkers.

"Five minutes to go." Inside the command car, the pointer of Cao Bianjiao's pocket watch was at 8:55.

There was already smoke on the position, and the smell of gunpowder could be smelled from several kilometers away.

The Ming tanks did not attack, and the Germans did not take the initiative to leave the fortifications.

At nine o'clock, Cao Bianjiao raised the telescope again.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom......!"

The huge explosions exploded one after another, and the explosions were so violent that Cao Bianjiao could feel the tremors in the command vehicle.

In the distance, the dirt of the canopy was lifted into the air.

With the sleepers, and those heavy reinforced concrete prefabricated slabs.

"Fuck, so fierce!" Cao Bianjiao's chief of staff was dumbfounded.

"Under each bunker, a ton of explosives was planted, enough to blow the bunker away.

Don't look at it, the German troops on the positions are finished. Cao Bianjiao smiled "hey" and "hey".

It turned out that before the retreat of the Ming army, it was known that the German army would use the fortifications and bunkers here.

Therefore, the Ming army planted a time bomb in it in advance.

As soon as the Germans were bombarded with artillery fire, the time bombs would explode at nine o'clock.

The German soldiers hiding inside could not withstand the explosive yield of a ton of explosives no matter what.

After the explosion, huge deep pits appeared one after another on the Ming army's position.

In the soil of each deep pit, the stumps and severed arms of German soldiers were exposed.

The explosion was the clarion call for the attack, and the Type 4 tanks roared into the position.

No one resisted, only anti-infantry mines that were run over by tracks.

The anti-infantry mines of the German army, which absorbed the advantages of the Ming army.

It is characterized by low power, light weight, and low lethality.

It's best to blow up a person's foot, or half of the sole of their foot.

Because the Germans also found that one wounded soldier would cause more attrition.

Because as soon as there is a wounded soldier in the unit, there will be other soldiers who will not be able to participate in the battle in order to take care of him.

However, these mines are ineffective against the steel tracks of the tank.

That kind of explosion can only make the shrapnel rub a few sparks on the track.

Type 4 tanks took up their positions and did not stop, but continued to assault forward.

There was a panic in Guderian's command post, because the attack had been particularly smooth last night.

Guderian's command post was about to move forward, and the artillery responsible for encircling the command post had just been mounted on mule-wagons, and the enemy tanks had already rushed over.

"Retreat! Fall back! Guderian cried out in horror.

This kind of troops, which are about to move, are completely unable to withstand the onslaught of tank troops.

In just one morning, Cao Bianjiao's tank unit not only regained the position abandoned yesterday, but also advanced 10 kilometers.

In between, at least two German infantry regiments suffered heavy losses.

Many German companies were annihilated in formations, and in this counteroffensive, the Germans lost at least 3,000 men.

"The front was restored, and not only three or four thousand German troops were annihilated, but also a large number of technical weapons were destroyed.

Very good! ”

Looking at the battle report on the front line, Li Xiao smiled.

"This tactic has worked, if the whole line is pulled down like this.

It is feasible to annihilate two to thirty thousand German soldiers in one day!

If the Germans have no way to respond, or take the initiative to stop the attack.

After three months, the coalition forces on the northern front were left with few troops. ”

Of course, Li Xiao knew that what Stilwell said was a joke, and no one would let the troops suffer such casualties of twenty or thirty thousand a day.

This kind of price, even if the population is as large as the Ming Empire, can not bear it.

"The troops of the third division again took over the positions, and the Germans carried out several small counterattacks.

However, because the artillery was destroyed by Stuka, there was no artillery preparation and it failed. ”

"In the evening we continued to retreat, disengaging from the Germans.

Anyway, we can't fight the Germans at night like this.

In that way, we will not be able to play to our strengths. ”

Li Xiao put down the cigar in his hand and walked to the window to look at the Kremlin spire in the distance.

This style of bleeding the German army did not last long, and the Germans were bound to abandon the offensive and turn to the defensive.

Since they don't dare to attack, it's better to spend it here.

Anyway, the day belongs to the Ming Dynasty.

If they don't attack, then they will attack the day and then withdraw at night to disengage.

It's nothing more than a waste of gas, and it's not a big deal.

The city of Moscow was completely preserved, and so was the Kremlin.

This is the spiritual symbol of the Russians, as long as Moscow is present and the Kremlin is present, the Russians will not surrender easily.

Despite their weak combat effectiveness, they are also stronger than none.

Moreover, Li Xiao also received another good news today.

After the sectional construction invented by Shi Danai, the double line of the Central Asian Railway will be completed next month.

This means that the capacity between Daming and Moscow has doubled.

The overstretched logistics will change dramatically.

The Ming Dynasty was finally able to devote more troops and weapons to the Russian battlefield.

And the offensive of the coalition forces is obviously the end of the strong crossbow.

"Dashuai, what are you thinking?" Seeing Li Xiao standing at the window, Stilwell also came over.

It's rare to have a moment of relaxation under this kind of big war.

I have to say that this tactic of the marshal can be regarded as saving the entire battlefield on the Northern Front.

And if this tactic is successfully applied, it can be extended to the entire Russian battlefield.

Under this kind of flesh mill pull, the huge numerical advantage of the coalition forces will slowly be eaten away.

"Soon, the coalition forces will not attack again.

And after the early summer offensive, we also have to take a breather.

Next month, the double line of the Central Asian Railway will be completed in its entirety.

We're going to have more tanks and soldiers coming to Russia.

After waiting for a summer, we need to sketch out an autumn offensive.

I'm wondering where this autumn offensive is going to be used. ”

"Oh......!" Stilwell didn't expect Li Xiao to ask this question.

Truth be told, that's exactly what the Chief of the General Staff should do.

And coincidentally, Stilwell's staff team also discussed this issue.

"The meaning of the General Staff is that when we are strengthened, we should first attack the central cluster of the enemy's army.

That is, the troops of the Hebrews! ”

"Why?" Li Xiao listened to Stilwell's suggestion with interest.

"Because the Hebrews had the least number of troops, and the Austro-Hungarian army that fought with them was a fish-belly army.

With a central breakthrough, we could threaten the flanks of the Germans and the French. ”